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Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals Preview & Picks – Royals To Extend Good MLB Home Form

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03 May 2024
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Leigh Copson 03 May 2024
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  • Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals picks for Friday, May 3
  • MLB matchup is taking place at Kauffman Stadium
  • Preview, predictions, stats & form
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    Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals Preview & Picks
  • Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • Texas Rangers Form
  • Kansas City Royals Form

Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals Preview & Picks

Kansas City are tipped to win the opening game of this series.

The Royals have given up little over the past couple of games, and they have been in strong form at home.

  • Kansas City Royals are 12-3 in their last 15 home games
  • Kansas City starter Brady Singer is 2-1 with a 2.62 ERA
  • The Under has hit in 7 of Kansas City's last 10 games (1 push)
  • The Under has cashed in 7 of Texas' last 10 games

Head To Head

  • This is the first series between the two teams this season

Texas Rangers Form

Texas enter this series in Kansas City on an inconsistent run of form, having gone 6-6 in their last 12 games.

This sequence started in Atlanta as the Rangers dropped their first two meetings with the Braves, 8-3 and 5-2, before winning the final one 6-4.

They then returned home for a three-game series with Seattle that saw them sandwich a 5-1 victory with 4-0 and 4-3 defeats.

Texas fared better when they played host to Cincinnati, winning 2-1 and 4-3 either side of an 8-4 loss to the Reds.

The Rangers then won the first game of the home series with Washington, 7-1, before responding to a 1-0 defeat to the Nationals with a 6-0 shutout win.

Kansas City Royals Form

Kansas City come into this series having blown hot and cold in recent weeks, going 6-6 in their previous 12 games.

The Royals failed to build on a series-opening win at home to Baltimore as they dropped the next two meetings, 9-7 and 5-0.

They then lost the series-opener against Toronto, 5-3, before rebounding with three straight victories over the Blue Jays, winning 3-2, 3-2 and 2-1.

Kansas City went out on the road after that and made it four wins in a row by beating Detroit, 8-0, only to then lose the next two meetings, 6-5 and 5-1.

The Royals’ skid reached three games with a 6-5 defeat in Toronto, but they finally stopped the rot with a 4-1 victory and then backed that up with a 6-1 success.

Verdict

Kansas City have been impressive at home this season and Brady Singer is off to a good start, so we like the Royals in this one.

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